Tobie is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Tobie
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Tobie

How popular is Tobie?

Tobie is ranked 211399 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Tobie bearers increased by 1.930502 per cent in 2010 US census to 264 since 2000, the surname slipped by 2991 spots and ranked at 73464. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 57.2 56.76
Black 32.2 28.96
Hispanic or Latino 7.95 7.34
Tobie is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Cameroon which may be its originating country too. Around 1600 people have been found who wears Tobie as their family name. Tobie is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
34,572 Israel2
40,256 Mexico2
31,207 Ireland1
1,704,541 India1
2,505 Congo1
172,258 Germany1
17,236 Ghana1
279,271 Australia1
81,201 Switzerland1
77,122 Sweden1
118,015 Netherlands1
8,268 Mauritius1
3,586 Honduras1
2,196 Liberia1
2,040 Mali1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
33,012 Belgium45
2,266 Nicaragua41
107,506 England27
189,966 Canada11
Countries with hundreds of Tobie:
5,446 Cameroon595
70,319 United States350
30,009 France331
30,064 South Africa183
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Comments

M
Marinda Brew
tobie is a former Christian name, representing the scholarly form of Tobias, Latin name derived from the Hebrew meaning tobiyyah yah right, character of the Bible, famous for his father cured of blindness.

Tobie Namesakes

  • Felicitas Tobien, Author
  • Ellen Tobie, Actress
  • Jeff Tobie, Recording Engineer

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